Me, hubby, our son, our g'kids and my g'son's friend Ashley at Six Flags Great Adventure Fright Fest.

I'm a member of RWA, Smoky Mountain Romance Writers and RWA Mystery/Suspense (Kiss of Death). I've worked in various capacities within the industry: book reviewer, columnist and executive editor of a trade magazine.

STONES THROW, a thriller, a Dec. 1999 from Hard Shell Word Factory, was named a "Best of 1999 - classic" by Mystery Morgue editor PJ Nunn, a "Best Pick for December 1999" by Belles & Beaux of Romance and is on the current ebook bestseller list. My second thriller, LAKE BRAXTON, is available July 2000 from Hard Shell and SOUTHERN CROSS, a time travel, was a 2001 Hard Shell release.

Along the way to publication I've met industry individuals whose unending support and encouragement made the always rocky path a little (actually, much) less so. This group of people stretches from London through the U.S. and on to Australia. Some are authors, some are editors and publishers, some are reviewers.

There's nothing like a supportive husband, and mine is the absolute best. This photo (one of my favorites) was taken as he read the last page of Stones Throw. Below him is our newest baby, Chief, 22 mos. old in this pic.